Isaiah 49:6

NETBible

he says, “Is it too insignificant a task for you to be my servant, to reestablish the tribes of Jacob, and restore the remnant of Israel? I will make you a light to the nations, so you can bring my deliverance to the remote regions of the earth.”

NIV ©

he says: "It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back those of Israel I have kept. I will also make you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring my salvation to the ends of the earth."

NASB ©

He says, "It is too small a thing that You should be My Servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the preserved ones of Israel; I will also make You a light of the nations So that My salvation may reach to the end of the earth."

NLT ©

He says, "You will do more than restore the people of Israel to me. I will make you a light to the Gentiles, and you will bring my salvation to the ends of the earth."

MSG ©

He says, "But that's not a big enough job for my servant--just to recover the tribes of Jacob, merely to round up the strays of Israel. I'm setting you up as a light for the nations so that my salvation becomes global!"

BBE ©

It is not enough for one who is my servant to put the tribes of Jacob again in their place, and to get back those of Israel who have been sent away: my purpose is to give you as a light to the nations, so that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.

NRSV ©

he says, "It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the survivors of Israel; I will give you as a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth."

NKJV ©

Indeed He says, ‘It is too small a thing that You should be My Servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And to restore the preserved ones of Israel; I will also give You as a light to the Gentiles, That You should be My salvation to the ends of the earth.’"


KJV
And he said
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It is a light thing
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that thou shouldest be my servant
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to raise up
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the tribes
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of Jacob
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and to restore
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the preserved
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of Israel
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I will also give
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thee for a light
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to the Gentiles
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that thou mayest be my salvation
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unto the end
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of the earth
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{It is...: or, Art thou lighter than that thou shouldest, etc} {preserved: or, desolations}
NASB ©

He says
<559>
, "It is too
<4480>
small
<7043>
a thing
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that You should be My Servant
<5650>
To raise
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up the tribes
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of Jacob
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and to restore
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the preserved
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ones of Israel
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; I will also make
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You a light
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of the nations
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So that My salvation
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may reach
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to the end
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of the earth
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."
LXXM
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
eipen {V-AAI-3S} moi
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P-DS
mega
<3173> 
A-NSN
soi
<4771> 
P-DS
estin
<1510> 
V-PAI-3S
tou
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T-GSN
klhyhnai
<2564> 
V-APN
se
<4771> 
P-AS
paida
<3816> 
N-ASM
mou
<1473> 
P-GS
tou
<3588> 
T-GSN
sthsai
<2476> 
V-AAN
tav
<3588> 
T-APF
fulav
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N-APF
iakwb
<2384> 
N-PRI
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
thn
<3588> 
T-ASF
diasporan
<1290> 
N-ASF
tou
<3588> 
T-GSM
israhl
<2474> 
N-PRI
epistreqai
<1994> 
V-AAN
idou
<2400> 
INJ
teyeika
<5087> 
V-RAI-1S
se
<4771> 
P-AS
eiv
<1519> 
PREP
diayhkhn
<1242> 
N-ASF
genouv
<1085> 
N-GSN
eiv
<1519> 
PREP
fwv
<5457> 
N-ASN
eynwn
<1484> 
N-GPN
tou
<3588> 
T-GSN
einai
<1510> 
V-PAN
se
<4771> 
P-AS
eiv
<1519> 
PREP
swthrian
<4991> 
N-ASF
ewv
<2193> 
PREP
escatou
<2078> 
A-GSM
thv
<3588> 
T-GSF
ghv
<1065> 
N-GSF
NET [draft] ITL
he says
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, “Is it too insignificant
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a task for you to be
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my servant
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, to reestablish
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the tribes
<07626>
of Jacob
<03290>
, and restore
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the remnant
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of Israel
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? I will make
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you a light
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to the nations
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, so you can bring
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my deliverance
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to
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the remote regions
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of the earth
<0776>
.”
HEBREW
o
Urah
<0776>
huq
<07097>
de
<05704>
ytewsy
<03444>
twyhl
<01961>
Mywg
<01471>
rwal
<0216>
Kyttnw
<05414>
byshl
<07725>
larvy
<03478>
*yrwunw {yryunw}
<05336>
bqey
<03290>
yjbs
<07626>
ta
<0853>
Myqhl
<06965>
dbe
<05650>
yl
<0>
Ktwyhm
<01961>
lqn
<07043>
rmayw (49:6)
<0559>

NETBible

he says, “Is it too insignificant a task for you to be my servant, to reestablish the tribes of Jacob, and restore the remnant of Israel? I will make you a light to the nations, so you can bring my deliverance to the remote regions of the earth.”

NET Notes

tn Heb “the protected [or “preserved”] ones.”

sn The question is purely rhetorical; it does not imply that the servant was dissatisfied with his commission or that he minimized the restoration of Israel.

tn See the note at 42:6.

tn Heb “be” (so KJV, ASV); CEV “you must take.”